5 The Multilateral Trading System and the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations: An Arab Perspective
Author:
Mr. Saíd El-Naggar https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
15 Dec 1992
Keywords:
BOOK; country; trade; state; government; protectionism; GATT system; trade liberalization process; tariff negotiations; developed country; rule-making negotiations; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; Trade barriers; Exports; Trade negotiation; Tariffs

Abstract

The Havana Charter, negotiated during the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in 1947–48, sought to establish the International Trade Organization (ITO), which was to be the third institutional pillar in the postwar international order for economic reconstruction. The ITO was to be the specialized agency that established rules and oversaw the international trading system. Owing to political factors, the Havana Charter never entered into force, leaving a vacuum in international economic relations at that time in areas such as employment, economic development, trade policy, intergovernmental commodity agreements, restrictive business practices, and settlement of disputes. That vacuum has never been entirely filled. However, one crucial gap—that of trade policy and related settlement of disputes—was filled by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

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Cover Foreign and Intratrade Policies of Arab Countries
Foreign and Intratrade Policies of Arab Countries
ISBN:
9781557753052
Publication Date:
15 Dec 1992
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557753052.071
Pages:
275